Did I get ripped off?

[slick69]

I need WORD instead of works and want microsoft excel, but don't really need it or want to pay.

I downloaded this www.OfficeBestDeal.com

And I can't open it on my cpu. Does anyone have open office and is it the same as microsoft word and or excel? Is this a fake open office? It says the the file is corrupt or incomplete.

 

[TheFalls]

I have and use open office.........it is the same.
The big downfall is trying to send someone a doc...OO saves docs as something else. So I have to copy and paste over to wordpad to send an attachment that can be opened up with Word.

I would rather have word and excel, but I don't use them enough at home at this time to justify paying for it.

 

[Data]

It is available for free from here
http://download.openoffice.org/2.2....ffice.org&os=winwjre&lang=en-US&version=2.2.1

or from here
http://www.download.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-2064_4-10703307.html?tag=lst-4-1

Or, perhaps you should start with this WordPad replacement:
http://www.download.com/Jarte/3000-2079_4-10310113.html?tag=lst-0-4

 

[slick69]

Thanks, it seems to work now. If I can't send someone a word document, I may have to break down and get microsoft. Also, this open office has no grammar check, which would be nice.